1922 Zulu
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Summary
1922 Zulu is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 33 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Ernest Leonard Johnson[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Union Observatory[4]
- Named after: Zulu people[5]
- Follows: 1921 Pala[6]
- Followed by: 1923 Osiris[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8], outer asteroid belt[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1949 HC[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: April 25, 1949[12]
- Significant event: naming[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.48075[14], 0.4822184[15], 0.4819951312897862[16]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.3[17], 12.35[18]
- Orbital inclination: 35.427 degree[19], 35.44960 degree[20], 35.4297200665457 degree[21]
- Orbital period: 5.82 years[22], 2126.510237781171 day[23]
- Rotation period: 18.64 hour[24]
- Longitude of ascending node: 226.53249 degree[25], 226.5187358863565 degree[26]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.2339678 astronomical unit[27], 3.236279587862764 astronomical unit[28]
- Apoapsis: 4.793 astronomical unit[29], 4.796150592705132 astronomical unit[30]
- Periapsis: 1.6744889 astronomical unit[31], 1.676408583020396 astronomical unit[32]
- Argument of periapsis: 31.46180 degree[33], 31.33372367186295 degree[34]
- Mean anomaly: 323.36697 degree[35], 10.35878427079788 degree[36]
- Diameter: 20.561 km[37]
- Albedo: 0.055[38]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[39]
- Time of periapsis: 2460939.3109422144 Julian day[40]
Why It Matters
1922 Zulu is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]